We just went on a family fishing trip with Captain Charlie. It was my boys first time fishing and they had a blast! We caught grouper, yellowtail, snapper, shark. Charlie was very knowledgeable about where the fish were biting and really helped make the experience great. At the end of the day he cleaned and prepared our haul and recommended an awesome place to have dinner with all the snapper we caught. Thank you Cap!  What a fantastic day, we can’t wait to come back.

Christmas came early this year on our Oceanside offshore/reef trip with Cap’t Charlie. We were off the dock at 7a sharp and after a quick bait stop (where we quickly grabbed enough ballyhoo for the day) we were out to out first stop.

Charlie put us on fish immediately and we were hooking up and bringing in a wide variety of fish.  We often had 2-3 fish on the line at a time and our party of 4 barely had time to relax and enjoy the spacious and well outfitted boat.  We hit two other spots, each better than the next and had a full box of mutton snapper, red grouper, mangrove snapper, cero mackerel, Bahia tuna, yellowtail, hogfish, barracuda, porgie, amongst others by the end of our 8 hour trip.

Despite a little wind and swells, Cap’t Charlie expertly piloted the boat to ensure everyone was comfortable beginning to end. His experience and expertise were evident as he always had the boat well positioned, the lines baited and helped us get the big fish into the boat.  We heard on the radio that other boats were not doing that well that day but we had a banner day due to Charlie’s expert fishing skills and captaining. 

Overall a great day on a great boat with a great captain.  We’ll definitely book again with Against The Grain on our next trip and recommend you do the same. You won’t be disappointed, see the attached pictures, they speak for themselves.

Thank you again Captain Charlie!

Captain Charlie worked hard on both trips. Deep sea is more of a gamble as the trophies may not be hitting on your chosen day. We landed a good king but the sharks made it to him before we could. Also put a nice mutton snapper on the boat. Had quite a few hook ups but Mother Nature was against us. 1/2 day reef trip was fish from beginning to end. Great time for kids and folks looking for a good dinner. Me, I’ll be returning for another deep sea trip as soon as possible!! Tight lines and keep chasing those monsters Cap!

No need to look any further for a great day on the water….. Captain Charlie is your guy!!

My wife and I had a fantastic time on the water. Charlie’s extensive knowledge of the area was evident as everywhere he brought us, we caught fish.  The highlight was being put on a 80 lb Sailfish!!! 

And, after the day he recommended an outstanding restaurant to prepare our catch. 

A huge thank you goes out to Charlie for making this one of the highlights of our vacation.

We had an excellent fishing trip with Captain Charlie.  He got us on the fish, taught us some new techniques, and was a lot of fun.  His boat and gear are excellent.  We booked this last minute and Captain Charlie was very accommodating.  Thanks for the great trip!